MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARKET

Montgomery County, North Carolina Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Montgomery County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Biscoe, Candor and and Troy. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in North Carolina. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Montgomery County by the Numbers

Montgomery County has 210 farms on 34,560 acres (about 165 acres each). Together they sold $231 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pecans and plums, and local fields produce collard greens, tomatoes, watermelons and sweet potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 95 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Montgomery County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 million a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Montgomery County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,156 head of cattle, 394 goats and 209 horses and ponies in Montgomery County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 334 people run or help run farms in Montgomery County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Montgomery County stands out: it ranks #13 of 89 NC counties for selling food straight to the public.